Windows Server 2016 adoption will be a marathon, not a sprint

Blair Hanley Frank |
Dec. 3, 2015

Most businesses plan to wait at least a year to adopt Microsoft's new server OS.

That’s not to say it’s all bad news for Windows Server 2016. IT departments need to keep moving away from Windows Server 2003, which Microsoft ended support for earlier this year. According to Spiceworks, 59 percent of businesses still have at least one instance of Windows Server 2003 running. Companies will need to get away from Microsoft’s old server software if they are going to keep receiving security updates, so they may end up turning to Windows Server 2016.